
Intimate Strangers
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Sharon Stone strips.
Leno and Letterman duel.
In twenty years of raw and raucous celebrity profiles
Irreverently bold journalist Bill Zehme has long been celebrated for his ability to get under the skins of our most elusive icons, from the evasive Warren Beatty to the ever-unpredictable Madonna to the much misunderstood Barry Manilow. Now his most provocative work is collected for the first time, with over twenty-five landmark profiles, including Frank Sinatra, Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Liberace, Howard Stern, Eddie Murphy, and Woody Allen.
Zehme witnesses Hugh Hefner withstanding the single blow that never entered into an adolescent boy's dreams--losing his fantasy woman. He gets a nude massage with Sharon Stone, and an earful about men, sex, and the shotgun she keeps under her bed. Included, too, is Zehme's exclusive firsthand coverage of David Letterman and Jay Leno, before and throughout their late-night feud. Here is entertainment history through the eyes of a man the Chicago Tribune called "one of the most successful and prolific magazine writers in the country."
Hilarious, endearing, and wickedly insightful, Intimate Strangers captures the business of celebrity for what it is: a big, lusty, star-crossed love affair between our icons and ourselves.
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- Intro
- Other Books By This Author
- Title Page
- Dedication
- A Few Words About the Great Bill Zehme by Cameron Crowe
- An Introduction
- Part One: Gods and Playboys
- Chapter 1 - And Then There Was One: Sinatra Bequeaths His Rules of Order
- Chapter 2 - Of Hef and Heartbreak: The Man Who Loved Women
- Chapter 3 - Warren and Me: A (Pause) Love Story
- Part Two: Big Screen
- Chapter 4 - Naked With Sharon Stone
- Chapter 5 - The Importance of Being Arnold
- Chapter 6 - Johnny Depp Smokes With Christ
- Chapter 7 - Tom Hanks Gets Big
- Chapter 8 - Cameron Diaz Before 911
- Part Three: In Jest
- Chapter 9 - Woody Allen in Hell
- Chapter 10 - Nothing Doing: In Search of Insignificance With Jerry & George & Kramer & Elaine
- Chapter 11 - Albert Brooks Is the Howard Hughes of Comedy
- Chapter 12 - Eddie Murphy: Elvis in Ebony
- Chapter 13 - At Home With The Simpsons!
- Part Four: For Show
- Chapter 14 - Liberace, Requiescat in Pace: Lee, We Hardly Knew Ye
- Chapter 15 - On the Lam With Madonna
- Chapter 16 - Barry Manilow: The King of Pain
- Chapter 17 - David Copperfield: How Did He Do That?
- Chapter 18 - Postscript: Frog v. Scorpion: Feud of the Faxes
- Part Five: Big Talkers
- Chapter 19 - Regis Philbin Is Only One Man!
- Chapter 20 - The Howard Stern Marriage Manual
- Chapter 21 - Mr. Rivera Takes a Holiday
- Part Six: Nightboys
- Chapter 22 - Young Dave in Short Pants
- Chapter 23 - Being Leno Is Not Hard
- Chapter 24 - Johnny Calls It a Night
- Chapter 25 - Letterman Waits for the Call
- Chapter 26 - Inside the Mind of Letterman: Enter If You Dare
- Chapter 27 - Leno Lives!
- Chapter 28 - Daveheart: A Resurrection-The Whole Ugly Epic Story of an American Giant Explained
- Chapter 29 - Paper Sidekick
- Part Seven: And in Conclusion
- Chapter 30 - Notes on the "New" Celebrity Journalism
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
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